D. Allan Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 Top 10 English language oddities (published in today's Russian Newspaper, Pravda. 07.12.2007 1. “Bookkeeper” is the only word that has three consecutive doubled letters. 2. The two longest words with only one of the six vowels including y are the 15-letter defenselessness and respectlessness. 3. “Forty” is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. “One” is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order. 4. The superlatively long word honorificabilitudinitatibus (27 letters) alternates consonants and vowels. 5. Antidisestablishmentarianism listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, was considered the longest English word for quite a long time, but today the medical term pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is usually considered to have the title, despite the fact that it was coined to provide an answer to the question ‘What is the longest English word?’. 6. “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English. 7. There is only one common word in English that has five vowels in a row: queueing. 8. The two longest words with only one of the six vowels including y are the 15-letter defenselessness and respectlessness. 9. “Asthma” and “isthmi” are the only six-letter words that begin and end with a vowel and have no other vowels between. 10 “Rhythms” is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u. Source: listverse.com © 1999-2006. «PRAVDA.Ru». When reproducing our materials in whole or in part, hyperlink to PRAVDA.Ru should be made. The opinions and views of the authors do not always coincide with the point of view of PRAVDA.Ru's editors. Source: URL: http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/102438-english_language_oddities -0 Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
Moderators Bravus Posted December 11, 2007 Moderators Posted December 11, 2007 Hehe - clearly compiled by an English geek rather than a maths geek: Numbers 2 and 8 are identical. Quote Truth is important
jasd Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 ;-) well, from one not admirably geeky but... Supercalafragalisticexpialidocious is the funnest! Quote
D. Allan Posted December 11, 2007 Author Posted December 11, 2007 Amended list of English-word 'oddities.' 1. “Bookkeeper” is the only word that has three consecutive doubled letters. 2. Click to reveal.. The two longest words with only one of the six vowels including y are the 15-letter defenselessness and respectlessness. The funnest word in the English Language - "supercalafragilisticexpialidoshous!" 3. “Forty” is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. “One” is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order. 4. The superlatively long word honorificabilitudinitatibus (27 letters) alternates consonants and vowels. 5. Antidisestablishmentarianism listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, was considered the longest English word for quite a long time, but today the medical term pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is usually considered to have the title, despite the fact that it was coined to provide an answer to the question ‘What is the longest English word?’. 6. “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English. 7. There is only one common word in English that has five vowels in a row: queueing. 8. The two longest words with only one of the six vowels including y are the 15-letter defenselessness and respectlessness. 9. “Asthma” and “isthmi” are the only six-letter words that begin and end with a vowel and have no other vowels between. Quote dAb O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
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